DNREC is surveying consumers on Delaware’s ban on single-use plastic bags. (DNREC) Delaware’s ban on single-use plastic bags might become tougher, if a new bill becomes law. HB 212, introduced Thursday, goes for multiple measures: • The ban would expand to all stores as of July 1, 2022. • Reusable bags would have to be even thicker. • Reusable bags …
Delaware Botanic Gardens ready for a real First State summer crowd
A path allows visitors to walk along Pepper Creek. The Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek is hoping for a radically different summer this year than last. It had opened only six months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and its first summer was marked with mask and social distancing mandates, as cases rose and fell. Now, with relaxed mask …
With West side of Wilmington Riverfront done, plans are unveiled for the East
Construction will begin soon on infrastructure such as roads and creation of a 3,500 waterfront path to mirror West.
Dogfish Head’s new off-centered idea: Alcohol-free, low-cal beer
Lemon Quest is a citrusy wheat brew that’s a follow-up to Slightly Mighty and the popular SeaQuench Ale
Earth Day group says no to offshore wind
Part of the group on Thursday wanted the project banned; the others wanted it moved further from shore.
Help biodiversity by picking up native plant each time you go to nursery
Gradually adding natives to a garden will help it begin to add more to the state’s biodiversity
They’re baaaackkkkkk. Cicada onslaught is on its way this spring
The cumbersome bugs rarely do much damage, but there will be millions of them per acre.
So far, so good for ban on plastic bags. Or maybe not.
‘Let’s get with it and be responsible for what we can do to lessen our impact on the earth,’ one consumer wrote on DNREC’s Facebook page.
Democrats crow about passing energy bill, but Republican warns consumers could pay more
House Minority Leader Danny Short said he worries consumers will end up footing the bill, as they did with Bloom Energy.